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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. To be updated

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By Whiskers
September 11th 2009

Northern Dalmation coast Europe » Croatia » Istria » Krk

The amazing high bridge north of Zadar

The comments on the website when we booked our accommodation at Sv Petar did include someone writing that the traffic noise from the main road was excessive.And they weren’t wrong.!!Had we had an apartment closer to the water it may have been different. The traffic volume did decrease as the evening went on but the cars and trucks seemed to go faster. The settlement we are staying in is in the process of development and as yet there aren’t any traffic signs to slow the speed of the cars and buses passing to and fro on the main road. A bonus [View Full Entry]

From the red bridge looking towards another bridge running onto the finger of land

By Reber Family
September 10th 2009

Nach Hause Europe » Croatia » Istria

8 Uhr Kranen ist angesagt

Die Romanze der holden Adria und des schönen Hr. Siebert hielt nur einen Sommer lang und fand heute durch plumpes Herauskrahnen ein jähes Ende. Wie immer geht der Mann geschädigt aus so einer Beziehung heraus. Sein Bugstrahlruder ist defekt und zu allem Übel leckt es auch noch. Sein Herz riss die See ihm heraus. Der Motor muß ausgebaut werden, um eine neue Lenkkopfdichtung einzubauen. Sein Akku ist leer gesaugt, eine Batterie verlies uns. Ihr Salz auf seiner Haut zerfraß seinen Antrieb, der jetzt sandgestrahlt und lackiert werden muß. Einige Persenningstangen brachen während heftigen Liebessp [View Full Entry]

Die ersten Meter des Heimwegs gehen nach Oben

By Whiskers
September 10th 2009

Cruisin' the mid Dalmation coast Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Primosten from the main road

Our short stay in Trogir has come to an end and today we have just a short drive to Sv Petar,just south of Zadar, which will take us along the mid Dalmation coast. Being up on the hill away from the main road has meant that at night its been very quiet.However,at some time during the night the cats from up behind the apartment came down to perform in front of our apartment.There wasn't any fighting just long bouts of meowing.Presumably they were looking for food and perhaps our upstairs neighbours had encouraged them down with leftover food from their BBQ. [View Full Entry]

By Reber Family
September 9th 2009

Der letzte Urlaubstag Europe » Croatia » Istria

Aufgewacht!

Heute traten wir die letzte Fahrt mit Herrn Siebert an. Und als ob Enie das gespürt hat, hat sie Maik ganz lange am Steuerstand beobachtet, bevor sie dann doch wieder eingeschlafen ist. Es ist ein trauriges Gefühl, was mich überkommt. Der Sommer war der schönste an den ich mich erinnern kann. Auch wenn so ein Urlaub natürlich nicht ganz ohne Streit von Statten gehen kann, haben wir die Zeit sehr genossen. Und Enie...ach, ich werde es vermissen so viel Zeit mit ihr zu verbringen. Auch wenn sie mir manchmal sehr auf den Keks ging, und ich froh war, dass Maik mal [View Full Entry]

By Whiskers
September 9th 2009

Chillin' out in Trogir Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Trogir

The cat who enjoyed some left over fish bits

We did have ideas of driving into Split and taking the ferry to the island of Hvar for the day but Split is 24km away and the ferry timetables we found on the internet meant either an early morning or late afternoon departure neither of which were attractive to us.So we are going to spend the day just relaxing on Ciovo Island and take a walk or two from our apartment. So with no schedule to work to we had another leisurely breakfast and afterwards headed up the hill to see whether we could get a view over the other side [View Full Entry]

Another of the partly built homes that look like they have been deserted for sometime

View from the top of the hill over our bay

By Whiskers
September 8th 2009

In search of fresh fish for dinner Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Trogir

Narrow alleyways of old town,Trogir

Our desire since arriving on the Adriactic coast is to buy some fresh fish to cook ourselves for dinner.But we are thinking that the Adriactic might just be fished out as we have been unable to find a fish shop since we left Dubrovnik.So we plan to give the local market a tryout this morning and see whether our faith might be restored. We don't plan to do anything else but some local walking to see how the locals live and take in the vistas as we head down the hill from the apartment we are staying in. With nothing to [View Full Entry]

Yacht from the UK in front of the Casino Royale

By Reber Family
September 8th 2009

Enies erste Schritte Europe » Croatia » Istria

Umag

Liebevoll bot sie ihren Schoß an und hauchte „tu es“ in sein Ohr. Hr. S. Aus B. der seinen Tinitus in den 80'ern erfolgreich behandeln lies verstand sehr gut. Heute wurde noch einmal ordentlich Boot gefahren. Wir sind jetzt in Umag dem 44. und letzten Hafen den wir auf unserer Reise anliefen, wenn man mal von Novigrad unserem Ausgangshafen absieht, dort werden wir morgen hin aufbrechen. Wir befinden uns hier im nördlichstem Winkel Kroatiens. Nur 5 Kilometer von Slowenien entfernt. Am Horizont kann man schon die Umrisse von Venedig erkennen. Wir haben nach ca. 1000 Kilometer kn [View Full Entry]

By Reber Family
September 7th 2009

Endlich Porec Europe » Croatia » Istria » Porec

Der verrückte Hund!

Heute sind wir nach Porec weitergezogen. Lutz, Heike und die anderen Bremer begleiteten uns noch bis vor die Hafeneinfahrt, wo wir noch einige Zeit mit Baden, Cappuccino und Bier den schönen Tag ausklingen liessen. Nachdem wir beim ersten Mal erst in den Hafen fuhren, als schon alle Plätze weg waren und vor 2 Tagen dann die Info erhielten 'Lutz ist da´, haben wir nun einen Platz ergattern können und die wunderschöne Uferpromenade erkundet. Da wir die letzten 2 Tage auch richtig Hafengebühr gespart haben (Liegen an einer Boje ist echt günstig!), war heute auch mal wieder Ausgehen angesagt! [View Full Entry]

By Whiskers
September 7th 2009

The Dalmation coast in one word......stunning!! Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Trogir

Inland lakes just north of Ploce

We were going to give the days blog a different heading due to another incident like the infamous 'Vienna debacle' that occured as the day came to an end but our drive up the Dalmation coast was far more impressive so we shall refer to that instead. We shall come to what is now known as the 'Trogir incident'later. The day dawned with a stiff breeze blowing so hard that it demolished the rattan roof over our little terrace and the wind didn't subside by the time we rose for breakfast so we had to have our last morning breakfast here [View Full Entry]

More stunning scenery with mountains in the background

One of the seaside town on the Adriactic coast

By RachelleD
September 6th 2009

SAIL CROATIA Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

Grotto in Vis

OK........ I have literally spent the last week sailing in Croatia. I began in Split and took seven days to sail down to Dubrovnik. I joined an organised tour of 27 people and shared a room with an Aussie country girl Jodie. It was a fantastic week and one of the highlights of my summer. I flew into split from Milan Malpensa (italy) where I had stayed for 1 night. I never would have thought that getting from Greece to Croatia would be sooooooooo difficult. Even though they are so close not many airlines fly between the two for reasons unknown, [View Full Entry]

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